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FLORA OF HAMPSHIRE
Written by Frederick Townsend.
Stock no. 597555
Published by Lovell Reeve. 1904. Slightly better than very good condition.

Olive green cloth, gilt titles. One colour and one b/w plate. Large folding linen-backed colour map. Top edge gilt. Includes the Isle of Wight. Second edition. Endpapers lightly browned. Corners bumped.

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THE PERVERSE WIDOW AND THE WIDOW
Written by Richard Steele; Washington Irving. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 379977
Published by The Macmillan Company Of Canada Limited. 1st thus 1909. Very good condition.

Two short stories in one volume. 3 tipped-in colour plates mounted on brown card plus b/w text illustrations. Small format. Brown boards with onlay to front. Spine slightly bumped. Page browning to endpapers and some light foxspots to contents else clean.

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THE HOUSE IN THE TREE
Written by Gregor Ian Smith. Illustrated by Gregor Ian Smith.
Stock no. 379981
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1944. Very good condition.

A magical story of how Charles got lost in the wood, built himself a house and made friends with the Wood-Folk. Big, bold colour illustrations on every page. Pictorial front cover, brown cloth spine. Large oblong format. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed, corners worn. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some very light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

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THE MANGER BABE
Written by Isabel C. Byrum. Illustrated by Margaret Evans Price.
Stock no. 379982
Published by Stecher Litho. Co.. 1916. Almost very good condition.

Large format (35 x 19.5cm). White pictorial cardwraps. 12 pages. Lovely colour and b/w illustrations. SPine and corners bumped and worn. Covers grubby and lightly foxed, small patch of surface paper damage to centre of rear cover. Staples rusty. Some light foxing and fingering, one illustration has a few tiny red paint spots and a light grey paint streak (not too obvious), contents otherwise clean.

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THE SHOW BORDER COLLIE
Written by Joyce Collis.
Stock no. 597444
Published by Ringpress Books. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

'Book of the Breed' series. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 094895535X. Bumping to spine. Slight surface paper damage to front endpaper, where a bookplate has been removed. Foxing to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is a little edge-creased, with a few grubby marks.

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THE FOREST DWELLERS
Written by Stella Brewer.
Stock no. 597458
Published by Collins. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Chimpanzees in the Gambia. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0002161125. Couple of bumps to corners and cover edges. Some page corners are creased internally. Pictorial wrapper has a few edge-tears and some fading.

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YOUR DOG
Written by John Cree.
Stock no. 597418
Published by The Crowood Press. 1996. Fine condition.

A Guide to Solving Behaviour Problems. First published as 'Your Problem Dog' in 1991 by Pelham books. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Fully revised and reset. ISBN: 1852239549.

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THE SHOW BORDER COLLIE
Written by Joyce Collis.
Stock no. 597425
Published by Ringpress Books. 1st 1988. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

'Book of the Breed' series. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 094895535X. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut, with some creasing.

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SHIH TZU
Written by Wendy M. Brown.
Stock no. 597432
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1999. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

An Owner's Companion. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. 224 pages. ISBN: 1861261942.

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KINGSBRIDGE ESTUARY WITH RAMBLES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
Written by S.P. Fox.
Stock no. 597376
Published by G.P. Friend. 1st 1864. Very good condition.

Red embossed cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 26 original mounted albumen photographs. 172 pages. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Rebacked some time ago with original spine laid down. Covers very slightly grubby.

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EXMOOR
Written by Herbert Byng Hall. Illustrated by Herbert Byng Hall.
Stock no. 597377
Published by Thomas Cautley Newby. 1st 1849. Very good condition.

Or, The Footsteps of St. Hubert in the West With Illustrations Taken From Nature by Herbert Byng Hall. Red embossed cloth, gilt title to spine. 9 tinted litho plates plus vignette to title page. 441 + 14 page booklist. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Spine marked. Rebacked some time ago with original spine laid down. Rear endpapers marked.

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A DESCRIPTION OF THREE HUNDRED ANIMALS
No author listed.
Stock no. 597353
Published by J. And F. Rivington. 1774. Good condition.

A Description of Three Hundred Animals viz. Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Serpents and Insects With a Particular Account of The Manner of Their Catching of Whales in Greenland. Extracted from the Best Authors and Adapted to the Use of All Capacities. Illustrated with Copper-Plates, Whereon is Curiously Engraven Every Beast, Bird, Fish, Serpent and Insect Described in the Whole Book. The Eleventh Edition Carefully Corrected and Amended. Small format. 7 x 4". Full brown leather binding. B/w frontis. Title page in red and black. 212 pages. Numerous b/w illustrations including one large folding plate. Contents very good. Front board almost detached. Boards very worn. A fascinating early natural history book.

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